Friday, January 18, 2013

Dept. of Homeland Security Forced to Release List of Keywords Used to Monitor Social Networking Sites



If you are thinking about tweeting about clouds, pork, exercise or evenMexico, think again. Doing so may result in a closer look by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In a story appearing earlier today on the U.K’s Daily Mail website, it was reported that the DHS has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor various social networking sites. The list provides a glimpse into what DHS describes as “signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.”

The list was posted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act, before suing to obtain the release of the documents .... http://www.forbes.com